Shoe attachment.



S. H. LEVER & M. TICKOSHINSKY. SHOE ATTACHMENT. APPLIGATXON rILBD ocTrf,1912.

1,055,768. Patented Mar,.11,1913.-

To all 'whom t may concern.' Y

rUNITED STATES( PATENT oFFicE.

SAMUEL H. LEVEE AND MAX TICKOSHINSKY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHOE ATTACHMENT results when the shoe is too large for itheA foot, and`to serve as a cushion to lend ease and comfort to walking.

A further object is the production of a shoe attachment as mentioned,which will be of durable and economical construction and elicient inuse.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. l

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of 'partshereinafter fully described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingydrawings forming a part of this specification and in which,

Figure l1 is a perspective view `of a h'eel attachment embodying ourinvention, Fig. 2 is a central .vertical longitudinal section of theattachment, and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section oftheat-tachment.

The preferred form of construction as 'illustrated in the drawingscomprises a body formed of comparatively non-flexible material, such asleather, which is formed internally tol conform substantially with theheel-'of a human foot. 'Said body consists wof a bottom piece 1 and aside piece 2, the

adjacent edges-of said pieces being secured together by stitching sothat said edges abut each other, as clearly shown in Figs.

2 and 3. By thus joining the edges of the component parts of the body asmooth inner surface is produced, which obviously conduces to easeandcomfort when t-he attachment is used. In order to further conduce tQenjoyment and comfort to the wearer, Vthe pieces 1 and 2 aretransversely Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 7,

H. Leven vand comfort to the user.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

1912. Serial No. 724,325.

curved, as shown, in order to adapt the same to conform perfectly to theheel of the foot in conjunction with which the devic(` is used.

Cemented upon the under side of the bottom piece 1 of the attachment isa cushion 4 of soft rubber. The upper side of' the cushion 4 is concavein order' to correspond with the form of the bottom piece 1, the underside of said cushion being flat so as to rest securely upon the sole ofthe shoein which the same is used.

The outer edge of the piece 2 together with the forward edges of thepieces 1. and 4 are skived or tapered, as shown, so that when the device1s worn, corners or ridges 1n the shoe, which tend to irritate the foot,will be-obviated.` 'The outer side'of the member 2 is roughened, asshown in Fig. 1. .so that,

when the device is in use, said surface will frictionally engage theinner adjacent surface of the shoe in which the4 device is ar ranged toprevent relative movement of the attachment and hence objectionablerubbing of the heel.

A device of the construction set forth will be found of great assistancein shoes which are too large for thewearer, the insertionv of anattachment of the present construction serving to fill up the shoe andthereby prevent rubbing of the heel which otherwise results from the useof too large shoes. Cushion 4 will serve to absorb shocks or jarsincidental to walking' and thus lend ease While we have illustrated anddescribed the preferred form of construct-ion for car. rying ourinvention into effect, this is 'capable of variation and modificationwithout departing from the spirit ofthe invention. We, therefore, do notwish to be limited to the precise details as set forth, but desire toavail ourselves of such variations and modi fications as come Within thescope of the appended claim. l l

Having described our invention, 'what we claim as new and desire tosecureby Letters Patent is':

A shoe attachment comprising a body of comparatively non-exible materialconsisting of a bottom piece and a side piece, said pieces being oftransversely curved form to In testimony whereof we have signed ourconform-substantially with the heel of a names to this specification inthe presence 10 human foot; and a cushion provided at the of twosubscribing Witnesses.

under side of said bottom piece, the upper SAMUEL H. LEVEE..`

. side of said cushion being concave to correi MAX TICKO'SHINSKY.

described. Y B. G. RICHARDS.

spond vWith said bottom geoe,v the under side Witnesses: w

of said cushion being Hat, substantially as ARTHUR A. OLSON, l

